News 1. Halifax police officer testifies he didn’t think Corey Rogers needed medical assistance “One of the officers who arrested Corey Rogers the night he died testified Tuesday that although Rogers was intoxicated and needed to be dragged into his cell, he didn’t think the 41-year-old needed medical attention,” writes Zane Woodford in his continuing […]
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Morning File, Tuesday, June 22, 2021
News 1. At the time of Corey Rogers’ death, HRP had no policy on spit hoods, and officers had no training in using the hood place on him Zane Woodford reports on the first day of the Police Review Board hearing into the conduct of the three officers who arrested Corey Rogers in June 2016. […]
Halifax police want at least $40,000 to release five years of cells data through freedom of information
Halifax Regional Police want at least $40,000 in fees in order to hand over five years worth of data on people placed in their cells. That’s part of the response to a request from the Halifax Examiner through the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPOP). There’s been heightened scrutiny of the cells […]
How Halifax council can (and must) regulate police use of force
As has already been reported, at today’s Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) Budget Committee meeting, every councillor with the exception of Steve Adams voted to approve an amendment to the budget that cancelled the purchase of an armoured vehicle for the Halifax Regional Police (HRP) and instead reallocate the funding. Specifically, after an hour in camera […]